NANETTE NOTICES

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 156, 3 June 1937, Page 12

NANETTE NOTICES

HERE AND' THERE. (By "Nanette.") In America. "Clothes in America? Well', for one thing, you can buy dresses which are well cut aaid finished very cheaply there, although model frocks arc no lower in price than in New Zealand." i That is what Miss C. H. Mac Gibbon, of Otago University, and formerly of ' Palmerston North, told Nanette when she chatted to her yesterday on her recent trip to the States. "Silk stockings and shoes are a good deal cheaper there," the visitor added. "When you buy shoes they measure your foot, because there arc five fittings for every size."' Popular Sports. "They don't know anything about cricket in the United States," Miss Mac Gibbon said, when speaking of sport. "They play American football from early October right up to Christmas, and in winter when the snow lies white on the ground skating and ski-ing are the order of the day. Baseball is played in the spring, and tennis is popular "during summer." She's Coming To Town! Somebody whispered to Nanette that Peggy Wheeler is coming to town. Now Nanette is not usually curious hut— Anyway, she has discovered that the charming visitor is a personal representative of the great Elizabeth Arden —and will'be giving special lessons in Home-Treatment and Make-up on the world-famous Elizabeth Arden princi-

pies, at Collinson and Cunninghame’s on Monday and Tuesday next.” Are You Shopping in the city to-morrow P Then lunch or have morning or afternoon tea at the Royale Dutch in the,. Square. This restaurant is increasing in popularity as satisfied customers are passing on the good news to their friends. You’ll be delighted, too ... “I must come here again,” you’re sure to say! * Preference Of Japanese Girls. There are school’s for brides in some Japanese cities, and when a vote was taken recently, 90 per cent, of the pupils voted lor stout husbands (says a writer in a Sydney paper). Very few were in favour of the love match, and stated that they would prefer a matrimonial broker to arrange their marriage. They declared that girls should not associate with . their prospective husbands before marriage. All desired that their husbands take them to the films at least three times fa month. The majority of these future brides stated that they would like two or three children; the rest wanted from five to twelve. Most of the young women said that after marriage they would prefer to live with the husband’s parents. The question of the mother-in-law does not evidently trouble the Japanese. News For Knitters. If you’re interested in knitting (and who isn’t?) put on your spectacles and read this (borrow a pair if you have none!). Wools in all weights and shades arc showing at the Scotch AA’ool and Hosiery Shop, Ltd., and there arc delightful new effects in Patou’s rose fingerings. Hurry along and sec them!* In The Long-Ago. . Did you know that Nero paid the equivalent of £43,000 for roses for decoration at one party he gave? So a recent Sydney speaker informed her listeners. Raffles had their place at many of these leasts, so that one could indulge one's love of gambling as well as one’s love of food. But the prizes were really worth winning. If you were lucky you might go home witli a paragon of a cook or 10 camels; if not, you might win 10 flies—just for fun. Our idea of hors d’oCuvres has changed, also; a Florentine nobleman offered milk pudding in majolica dishes to begin the meal, and served with it little gilt cakes. Even our idea of floral decoration is meagre compared with the host who carpeted his floors with narcissus. See And Desire. You’re sure to want to take one away with you when you see the parchment lampshades at Hutchins’ Furniture AVarehousc. In shades of pink, green, and orange, and the quaintest designs, they are simply asking for owners. The prices are reasonable—from ,9s 6d, really remarkable value for such pleasing and useful articles.